Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-06
THE FREIGHT BLOCKADE.
The Situntios I'm New York Sfiii
Bad-More strikes.


The Situatios I'm New York sim
Bad-More Strikes.
[By telegraph to the Dispatch.l
New YORK, February 5.-The an
nouncement yesterday by most of the
railroad companies that they would be
in position TO receive freight to-day
produced an extraordinary blockade of
trucks and wagons all along West street
for several blocks. At both sides Of the
entrances to the railroad piers, and
where two or more companies were
close neighbOrs, al indescribable con-
dition of affairs prevailed. The mer-
chants sent their trucks as early rs 9
o'clock yesterday morning, and their
drivers remained in line all day and at
night unhitched their teams and went
home, leaving the trucks in line on the
street, and thus discharged their loads
to-day. Many instances of this kind
are reported. Not many fresh at
tempts were made to-day by the mer-
chants, because the freight-houses were
choked by Yesterdays shipments. The
coal strikers in jersey City to-day re-
sumed their tactics of interfering with
the drivers of the coal-carts engaged in
hauling coal across the ferries SIEVE
raj loads of coal were dumped in the
street wherever the strikers found them.
Nobody is reported hurt so far. The
drivers of the cOal-delivery carts in
Brooklyn in the southern part of the
city struck to-day to the number of 800,
refusing to haul "scab" coal. A boat
load of coal intended for free distribu-
ton among the destitute has been lying
alongside the dock i'll South Brooklyn
ten days, the men refusing to unload it
because it was loaded in New Jersey by
"scab workmen. Several fresh strikes
are reported in manufacturing estab-
lishments, where the workmen refused
to work because the coal used to furnish
the steam-power had been handled by
nOn-uniOn men.
MEETING OF sTEvEDORES.
New YORK, February AN impor-
tant meeting of stevedores was held at
the Maritime Exchange to-day to take
action in regard to the strike Of long
shoremen. The meeting represented
the employers of nearly 10, 600 men now
on strike. 1t was unanimously re-
solved to notify the men that they
could return to work on Monday next
by dealing with the steyedores and at
the same rates as heretofore, and further
that unless they did return the steve
dores would advertise and employ
whomsoever they could, irrespective of
labor unions. The 'longshoremen have
no quarrel with the stevedores and
would, the latter claim, gladly return to
work if free from the dictation of the
Knights of Labor, by whom they were
ordered on the strike.
MEETINGS IN THE PARKS.
NEW YORK, February By order
of District Assembly No. 80, knights
of Labor, five meetings Of striking
'longshOremen and coal-shovellers were
called for tonight, to be held in the
public parks. 1t was expected that
ingly the police were fully prepared for
any emergency that might come up.
Lines of telephone-wire were stretched
from police headquarters to the neigh
borhood OF the several places of meet
ing. A large force of police were
detailed to each place. A large body
was also stationed at headquarters with
two patrol-wagons as a reserve. Over
one thousand extra men were on duty.
These preparations, however, were not
needed The meetings all passed off
quietly. Owing to the extremely cold
weather very few attended, and the
demonstration as a whole was tizzle
Those who did attend, however, were
attentive listeners, and greeted the
speakers with applause.
MARITIME MERCHANTS CONSIDER THE
STRIKE WHOLLY UNJUsTIFIABLE.
New YORK, February "a meeting
of merchants engaged in the maritime
trade was heldat the Produce Exchange
to-day. James Melee, president of
the Exchange, presided. The meeting
was called to consider the 'longshore-
mems strike, and consider some plan of
relieving trade from its present embar-
rassment.
Resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed asserting that the present strike of
longshoremen is wholly unjustiliable,
as there was no trouble between EN-
ployers and employees; that its eff
feet is to injure trade and divert
it to other channels, thus subject
ing the business community, Us well
as other working classes, to serious
losses; that for the purpose of CON
sidering the question and of formu-
lating some plan which shall insure
them against similar occurrences in
the future a committee of five be APP
pointed BY the chairman to report as
soon as possible hereafter to the trade.
A resolution was also adopted that
boss stevedores who will employ men
to work and to resist the dictation of
labor organizations should have the
support Of charterers and ship-masters.
EFFECT OF THE STRIKE IN CONNECTICUT.
New HAVEN, Conn, February o.
The strike OF freight-handIers at New
York is seriously felt by shippers
throughout this State. Superintendent
Opdyke, of the New Haven and North
ampton railroad, was notified to-day by
the agent of New York steamboat line
and by the general freight agent of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad that they would be forced to
decline freights from his road, owing TO |
their inability to handle it at New York.
This shut out all New York freight ria
he Northampton road between this city |
md Holyoke, Mass, and will compel |
on the line of that road |
o ship their freight by roundabout |
'outes.
DETERMINED TO HOLD our.
New YORK, February "a meeting |
# the Longshoremen's Union, No. 8,
vas held to-day, and it was decided to
iold ont until the demands of the coal
nen were granted A delegate stated